Why Is Planned Parenthood Scared?
The Huffington Post broke a rather interesting story a few days ago. I can't stop thinking about it. The story is that Planned Parenthood is freaking out because they think they're about to be exposed by undercover pro-life journalists engaged in yet another sting.
You may remember the stings that showed that Planned Parenthood doesn't do mammograms -- contra what they'd been claiming and to what the media claimed even after that sting. The same sting group showed that some affiliates would accept money for racist aims and coach a pimp and an underage prostitute on how to cover up their illicit business. All of this has been bad PR for the largest abortion provider in the country.
Now, Planned Parenthood worries that the pro-life journalists are at it again, showing that Planned Parenthood is willing to do sex-selective abortions. That is, they are worried about a number of affiliates being asked about killing unborn children who are female just because they are female.
I read through almost this entire Huffington Post story with a question: Does Planned Parenthood do sex-selective abortions? In other words, I wondered, why are they worried? Then I got to this paragraph near the end:
While Planned Parenthood condemns seeking abortions on the basis of the gender of the fetus, Cooney said the provider is also "committed to providing high-quality, confidential, nonjudgmental care to all who come into our health centers." While Planned Parenthood staffers are extensively trained to answer unusual and difficult questions and to refer women to necessary counseling, none of its clinics will deny a woman an abortion based on her reasons for wanting one, except in those states that explicitly prohibit sex-selection abortion (Arizona, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Illinois).
Wait, so while they "condemn" killing a baby because of her gender, they'll also do it? This leaves me with two thoughts. One is that I can see, now, why Planned Parenthood is worried about this sting. The second is that they must have a drastically different definition of the word "condemn" than I do.
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Jun '10
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Also, From:
RedState: Planned Parenthood’s Bad, Bad Night
http://www.redstate.com/mdannenfelser/2012/04/25/planned-parenthoods-bad-bad-night/
Mar '11
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The second is that they must have a drastically different definition of the word "condemn" than I do.
Indeed. Perhaps it's a case of "hate the sin but love the sinner?"
Mar '11
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Mollie, you're problem is that you haven't mastered the progressive mind trick of condemning in a wholly non-judgemental way.
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Pious Agnostic: The second is that they must have a drastically different definition of the word "condemn" than I do.
Indeed. Perhaps it's a case of "hate the sin but love the sinner?" · 12 minutes ago
A case of "hate the sin, perform the sin, make your life's work the sin, raise money to commit the sin, work with the government to support the sin, blackmail anyone who doesn't help you commit the sin" perhaps?
Jul '11
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Interesting. So they “condemn” abortions because the soon to be child is female but do them anyway. Soon to be seen headlines to read “Planned Parenthood secret war on women, aborts female children for being female” or maybe “Planned Parenthood policies condones aborting male children over female children”. I can see how those headlines might concern them. The problem with having an immoral position is that about anything you do looks bad in the light of day.
Oct '10
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Pious Agnostic: The second is that they must have a drastically different definition of the word "condemn" than I do.
Indeed. Perhaps it's a case of "hate the sin but love the sinner?" · 15 minutes ago
I was scrolling down to write "hate the sin but enable it nonetheless", but I see Mollie beat me to it with a bit more complete response. I like her more fulsome explanation, ties up the loose ends.
Sep '10
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Great post as ususal Mollie I tip my big white cup to you,
This reminds me of the concept of "heirarchy of fashionable victim groups" that Mark Steyn has commented on for Canada. That is, if you are a jew in Canada you cannot get the government to sue an imam over calling for your death, but you can get the government excited over a KKK flyer against jews or homosexuals, you know, them rednecks are fair game. It is absurd, and the more it goes on the more ridiculous it becomes. Who wins between an muslim and a homosexual? It's like the main event at a wrestling match. Who's gonna win?
Similarly (IMHO) your posts displays the absurdity of "progressive" philosophy. ALL progressives are against gender discrimination, but it is apparently lower in the heirarchy than abortion rights, which ironically is also a women's rights issue. Fortunately for progressives there will be fewer women for them to protect from discrimination, since PP will have killed them. Whew!
Mar '11
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"Hate the sin (of gender-selected abortion) but stay silent because any recognition of it might be used by wingnutz to chain women to the stove."
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In all seriousness, I can't imagine any reason why PP would dislike gender-selection abortions. Like, what would be the basis for condemning them? As the PP spokesman said:
End of story. (Did you know that PP did 841 adoption referrals last year? Compared to 330,000 abortions?)
I mean, seriously, why would anyone at PP care the *reason* why the baby is being killed? Because she's inconvenient? Because she's disabled? Because she's a burden? Because she's a girl? I mean, the reason for the abortion isn't really the issue. In other words, the error was to ever say that PP "condemns" sex-selection abortions. They don't. Why in the world would they? Can anyone think of any reason?
Dec '10
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Would they "condemn" gender selective abortions if the people were killing boys?
Sep '10
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I recollect Dr. Rahe posted this about Dr. Gosnell the abortionist in PA who is on trial for killing 7 live babies under filthy conditions. I commented then, that I suspect there is a gradual erosion of regard for human life and human's in general that Dr. Gosnell and I suspect other abortionists are subject to.
After all, how fuzzy is the difference in killing a viable fetus and a child just born? Maybe it is a bright line at first, but is suspect after performing a few dozen or a few hundred late term abortions the line gets pretty indistinct. Similarly, why keep a clean facility when your customers are lucky to be alive anyway.
All I can think to do is pray that these people are enlightened by the Almighty. It is really too depressing to ponder for any length of time.
Dec '10
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Mollie:From a purely financial perspective, the moron's at PP are destroying their seed corn. By aborting females, they are drying up their future customers.
Dec '11
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When you have a crime against humanity and man caused atrocity around an order of magnitude worse than the normal pantheon of modern evil, there isn't enough banality to eliminate the mild discomfort.
Jun '10
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Mollie Hemingway, Ed.
Pious Agnostic: The second is that they must have a drastically different definition of the word "condemn" than I do.
Indeed. Perhaps it's a case of "hate the sin but love the sinner?" · 12 minutes ago
A case of "hate the sin, perform the sin, make your life's work the sin, raise money to commit the sin, work with the government to support the sin, blackmail anyone who doesn't help you commit the sin" perhaps? · 59 minutes ago
One more clause might complete it: "build and staff a nationwide network of clinics in which to perform the sin,"
Jan '11
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This is yet another case of "I don't want you to think of it that way."
Years ago, we were in a meeting. One of the salespeople was trying to promote a particular service package, but others were skeptical. They said that it didn't take long to discover that the service package would eventually cost more money. The salesman replied, "I don't want you to think of it that way."
Why not? Because then people wouldn't buy his service package. He had no other justification than that.
PP doesn't want you to think of abortion that way, because it contradicts the egalitarian, pro-woman, non-discrimination attitude that they think their liberal clientele embraces.
All the more reason to expose how they really think ...
May '10
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If it turns out there is a genetic marker for homosexuality, and that marker can be detected prenatally, what do you suppose the pro aborts will think about aborting unborns on the basis of their being prospectively gay?
Jun '10
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Well, if there's one thing my liberal friends have taught me, it's that ANY statistical imbalance between sexes or races automatically equals discrimination. So, no matter how "condemnable" they claim to find the practice, if selective abortions ARE allowed at Planned Parenthood and the majority of those procedures just happen to be performed on females, then Planned Parenthood is clearly aiding and abetting in the targeted destruction of females for no other reason but that they are female. Gee, if I were given to hyperbole, I might actually refer to this as some kind of "war on women" or something . . .
Apr '12
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This has already happened in England, and it seems to be part of a general trend, too.
Dec '11
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Some random thoughts:
Am I the only one that finds "Planned Parenthood" Orwellian?
Would not "Planned Unparenthood" be a more appropriate name for the group?
Old Way
Women sacrificed time, money, and careers to have children.
New Way
Women sacrifice (half formed) children to have time, money and careers.
My feeling is the new way goes against feminine instincts so much that arthritis of the soul occurs.
The bottom line for me is; men are the root cause of all abortions. Till men take responsibility this is not going to go away anytime soon.
Sep '11
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I think Planned Parenthood has a reasonable fear: they're losing the PR war.
Back when Roe v. Wade opened the floodgates, there was a widespread conceit on the Left that within a generation or so abortion would be commonplace. No big deal. Sure--a few nuts would continue to yell, but the war would be over.
Wrong.
Today, America's demographics (led by twenty-something women) are shifting away from abortion on demand. A majority of Americans regard abortion as immoral. PP is losing the battle.
And it's about to get worse: the Obama Administration--wittingly or unwittingly--has provoked the Catholic Church into calling for weeks of protest this summer. Even if they're not specifically targeting Planned Parenthood, practically any way this plays out will bring out large numbers of active, engaged Catholic voters next fall.
Which, in turn, makes the possibility of losing federal funding entirely a far more distinct threat.
Planned Parenthood should be worried. With good reason.